Department of Education Nomination of Daniel B. Taylor To Be Assistant Secretary for Adult and Vocational Education.

The President today announced his intention to nominate Daniel B. Taylor, of Lexington, Mass., as Assistant Secretary of Education for Adult and Vocational Education. Taylor is currently senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass., a position he has held since July 1979.

He was born October 2, 1933, in Connellsville, Pa. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1957, an M.A. degree from West Virginia University in 1962, and an Ed. D. degree from West Virginia University in 1965. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956.

Taylor taught high school in Connellsville, Pa., from 1958 to 1963. From 1964 to 1965, he served as administrative assistant to the superintendent of schools in Plainfield, N.J. From 1965 to 1966, he was assistant superintendent of schools in Wood County, W. Va., and from 1966 to 1970, he was superintendent of schools there. From 1970 to 1979, he was State superintendent of schools for West Virginia.